You can set up host profiles in a reference host and apply those host profile settings to all other hosts provisioned with vSphere Auto Deploy. You can either configure the reference host and export the host profile or, for small changes, edit the host profiles directly.

Prerequisites

Install a vSphere Client to access the vCenter Server system that manages the host that you want to use as a reference host.

Procedure

1

Use a vSphere Client to connect to the vCenter Server system.

2

Select the host and select View > Management > Host Profiles.

3

For a new profile, click Create Profile, or right-click a profile that you want to modify and select Edit Profile.

4

In the Edit Profile dialog, select the fields for the policy that you want to set up.

Policy

Description

ESXi Dump Collector

Set up ESXi Dump Collector with the esxcli system coredump command and save the host profile (best practice), or configure the host profile directly.

Set up the Firewall configuration, Security configuration, User configuration, and User Group configuration for the reference host with the vSphere Client or with vCLI commands.

Networking and Storage

Set up the Networking and Storage policies for the reference host with the vSphere Client or vCLI command.

5

Click OK to save the host profile settings.

What to do next

Write a rule that applies the host profile to all hosts that you want to provision with the settings that you specified in the reference host (see Assign a Host Profile to Hosts), and perform a test and repair compliance operation.